Caraher features brother
jazz guitarists, Justin Caraher and Paul Caraher. The jazz duo
embarks on the pursuit of acoustic based jazz covering classic
tunes by jazz greats such as Al Di Meola, Chick Corea, and John
Coltrane. The duo manages to provide good execution and enjoyable
content for a number of their tracks, including their coverage of
Chick Corea's "Captain Marvel", John Coltrane's "Moment's
Notice", and Al Di Meola's "Mediterranean Sundance".
But, though the pair is able to cover the complex classics with
some capability which is impressive in itself, some of the
playing seems to lack polished finesse and well-resolved notes
due to vibrato or perhaps tuning that is slightly out or similar
effects in some isolated areas of the recording, specifically in
the tracks "Abakwa", "Mediterrane! an Sundance",
and "Counter Colors". Though this is the effect that is
impressed upon the listener, the lack of tonal centering may be
due to intentional designs of the players to achieve
harmonization based upon partial tones not resolved on pure
chromatic tones, but whether it was appropriate in this case may
be questionable, though not altogether so remarkable that it
would discredit the effort and probably is within a reasonable
latitude for jazz. But still, it is a great effort and the two do
bite off a lot to chew with the tonality and complex compositions
that they cover and compose with their advanced talents. These
seeming minor imperfections are small relative to the intricate
complexities that the brothers tackle with their fine performance
on the tracks already mentioned.

All in all, Caraher's self-titled
release is an impressive effort with some respectable coverage of
intensive guitar jazz classics, as well as some interesting
original progressive jazz compositions. The duo has an obvious
handle on the complexities of the classics they have tackled,
putting in some great efforts to decode the originals and
reproduce them with accuracy. As for the other notable
impressions pointed out, you would just have to listen for
yourself to see if they seem off or not, slight as they are.